b'Financial compost. Applied with an abiding sense of patient urgency and. . .you guessed it. . .ample amounts of affection. Movements are tricky. As is working across the boundary of investing and philanthropy. As is farming. As is depending upon global supply chains. As is treating diversity as if it were expendable. As is the idea of building new financial conduits for grassroots, systemic change. Not to mention talking about money with friends and neighbors. Put all these elements together and you get: A) The hint of a global-sized headache; B) A lively-serious smile big enough and local enough to immedi- ately quell said headache; C) Social change that is way too affection-riddled and convivial tobe called a revolution; and, D) A lifetime VIP pass to Strolling of the Heifers. 19The point being that once you stop dancing to the tune of the Great Fiduciary in the Sky, you can hear the music of community resilience, and it is beautiful. The innate value of this kind of investing is so obvious to me, Carolyn Shaffer of Ashland, Oregon, said during a Slow Money workshop, that I dont care how much money I make. Innate Value. Something that gets harder to experience and express as the sphere of interaction expands from place to market. Innate Value. The title for the next 19 Strolling of the Heifers is an annual celebration of local food and slow living in Brattleboro, Vermont.https://www.strollingoftheheifers.com/111'